Chapter XVIII
t year I finisic, reviein grammar, and read ters of Caesars quot;Gallic ar.”
In German I read, partly ly ance, Sc;Lied von der Glockequot; and quot;tauc; ;; Freytags quot;Aus dem Staat Friedric; Rie;Fluc,quot; Lessings quot;Minna von Barn; and Goet;Aus meinem Leben.quot; I took test deligory of Frederick ts magnificent acs and t of Goeto finis;Die ; so full of ticisms and cions of vine-clad reams t sing and ripple in to tradition and legend, ters of a long-vanisive age--descriptions suco ;a feeling, a love and an appetite.”
Mr. Gilman instructed me part of terature. e read toget;As You Like It,quot; Burkes quot;Speecion ; and Macaulays quot;Life of Samuel Jo; Mr. Gilmans broad views
of ory and literature and ions made my er t could es mecions given in the classes.
Burkes speecructive tical subject t I irred irring times, and ters round ending nations centred seemed to move rigerly speecy surges of eloquence, King George and ers could urned a deaf ear to ory and tion. tered into tails of tion in atesman stood to y and to tatives of t range it sucrutares of ignorance and corruption.
In a different ;Life of Samuel Jo; eresting. My out to te tion in Grub Street, and yet, in t of toil and cruel suffering of body and soul, al my eyes to s, and t t t crus in spite of Macaulays brilliancy and y of making turesque, iveness times, and sacrifices of truto effect kept me in a questioning attitude very unlike ttitude of reverence in o t Bri